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It was snowing that day, the air crisp and cold. I was playing in the park, throwing the powdery white matter up into the air and letting it fall upon me like freshly falling snow. My friends had just left, me, deciding to stay and continue with my snow day adventures.



I remembered hearing dragging footsteps against the snow covered grass, but my innocent mind was uncaring. I continued to play, until a shadow engulfed my entire form. A very dark shadow that i would later call "master".



He was tall, taller than anyone i had ever seen before. His hair was long and dark, midnight dark and cascaded about his shoulders. I admired his gentleman-like appearance and his bright emerald colored eyes only intrigued me more. He smiled and reached out his hand to me, a gold hoop hanging from his bottom lip. I handed him my snow covered mitten.



"Do you want to play too?" I asked. He knelt down and picked up a pile of snow in his bare hands.



"Like this?" he said, throwing the mass of snow up into the air. I danced in the frosty air, laughing and jumping, for i had a new friend. Or so i thought. We played there for hours and hours until my wool coat and mittens no longer protected me from the cold. I shivered and he pulled me close.



"Im cold...i can go now," i said, smiling up at him. I tried to pull away but he wouldnt allow it.



"We can play more...we can play somewhere much more fun. A place where there are fields of flowers and rivers filled with tropical fish. Do you like fish?" he said, picking me up as if i was his child.



"No thank you...id rather go home," i said, feeling uneasy even as a child no more than 8. I knew deep in my heart that something wasnt right.



He took me away against my will, even as i fought and fought until bleeding and crying. He tied me up and carried me away, away from my family and friends. Away from life as i knew it. I lived and fought with him for 2 years until i was able to escape thanks to one of his maids, a very dear friend of mine.



I felt so stupid because now, here i was again on my way back to the place i despised. Back to the place i hated so deeply and there was nothing, absolutely nothing i could do about it.

Under the coldness of his glare i could no longer understand his emotions. My back against the hard earth felt familiar, for this wasnt the first time that i had found myself on the ground, looking up with pleading eyes. I tried to back away, even turn away from his hard stare but i couldnt. I was mesmerized. My eyes were upon his eyes and his upon mine. It stayed that way for hours it seemed, no one speaking or moving or even breathing it seemed. The cold wind blew past us both, engulfing us in a blanket of ice it seemed. I spoke first...



"how are you...how are you here?" i asked, lips quivering with anticipation. I was much too afaid to hear an answer from him. He seemed unstable.



"Did you not think i would find you? Did you not think that i could smell you, taste you still?" he said, staring at me with cold recognition. I was afraid of what he was capable of, i had always been afraid. He was ruthless and at times hardhearted. i wanted nothing more to do with him.



"I dont want to go back...it is why i left...it is why i escaped...cant you understand that?" I nearly pleaded. If he wanted to take me back he could and i knew that. He knew that.



"You would dare mock me!?" He said angrily. His hand came down on me hard, my head being haphazardly forced away from him and toward the forest.



"Forgive me..." i said, feeling the warm tears cascade down my cheeks. His hand was still strong and ready to make contact again. i braced myself for another strike but it never came. Instead he wrapped his arms around me and tightly held me, his head resting on my shoulder. I froze.



"Do you love me Aerith? Do you love your master?" He whispered, his breath like poison across my ear. I didnt want him so close while i gave my answer.



"No...i hate you.." I said passionately. I could feel his change in emotion in that moment. His body tensed and he hit me again, harder this time.



"You will love me....ill make you..." he said, grasping me by my neck and forcing my head to the side. It had been so long since he had bitten me...i had forgotten how painful it was. I had forgotten what it was like to have his fangs puncture my flesh with such a force that the darkness of my eyelids overcame me. I forgot what it felt like to be comforted by the darkness. The darkness that he created within me.



My body grew weak, so weak that i could no longer find the strength to move or even speak. my vision grew darkner and darker until the real world was no longer a reality for me. The dream world was what comforted me now and i accepted that comfort. I accepted the comfort of the memories those dreams provided. Memories of my old life.



When it was over, he didnt allow my body to fall to the ground like the many times before when i had been punished this way. No... he lifted me into his arms and carried me away into the darkness. He didnt use his super speed like i had expected, but he carried me humanly as if we were both human. It baffled me and in a way intrigued me.





I didnt want to be taken back. I didnt want to be there with him again after i had fought so hard to escape and gain my freedom. My mind began to wander back to that very day when we had first met. The day he took me away. I was 7 then. I was so young, so innocent.